Maugham - 6 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, W1J 5JQ

Chesterfield Street is a "virtually intact" Georgian street (except for No. 6, which is a reconstruction) in London's

Mayfair Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world ...

district. Several of the buildings are

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...

on the

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Location

Chesterfield Street runs south to north from

Curzon Street Curzon Street is located within the Mayfair district of London. The street is located entirely within the W1J postcode district; the eastern end is north-east of Green Park underground station. It is within the City of Westminster, running a ...

to Charles Street.

History

It is named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, and bounded the grounds to the east of what was Chesterfield House.

Notable buildings

The gentleman's club

White's White's is a gentlemen's club in St James's, London. Founded in 1693 as a hot chocolate shop in Mayfair, it is the oldest gentleman's club in London. It moved to its current premises on St James's Street in 1778. Status White's is the oldes ...

was founded at No. 4 in 1693; in 1778 it moved to 37–38

St James's Street St James's Street is the principal street in the district of St James's, central London. It runs from Piccadilly downhill to St James's Palace and Pall Mall. The main gatehouse of the Palace is at the southern end of the road; in the 17th centur ...

. The High Commission of The Bahamas is at No. 10. The individual listed buildings on Chesterfield Street are 1, 2, 10, 11, 14, and 15. 8 and 9 and 12 and 13 Chesterfield Street are listed in pairs.

Notable residents

Notable residents have included

Beau Brummell George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) was an important figure in Regency England and, for many years, the arbiter of men's fashion. At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but ...

, the

Earl of Dundonald Earl of Dundonald is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1669 for the Scottish soldier and politician William Cochrane, 1st Lord Cochrane of Dundonald, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltre ...

and the Indian businessman

Neeraj Kanwar Neeraj Kanwar (born 6 September 1971) is an Indian businessman. He is the vice chairman and managing director of Apollo Tyres. Education Kanwar was educated at St. Columba's School, Delhi and thereafter graduated in engineering from Lehigh U ...

. Sir Rodney Mundy, Admiral of the Fleet died at his home in Chesterfield Street in 1884. *No. 1, Lord Dudley *No. 1,

Herbert Jenner-Fust Sir Herbert Jenner-Fust (born Herbert Jenner; 1778–1852), was an English judge and Dean of the Arches. Early life Jenner-Fust, surname initially Jenner, was the second son of Robert Jenner of Doctors' Commons, proctor, and of Chislehurst, Ke ...

, judge, died there in 1852. *No. 3,

Caroline Norton Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell (22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877) was an active English social reformer and author.Perkin, pp. 26–28. She left her husband in 1836, who sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, then the Whig ...

, social reformer and author *No. 4,

*No. 4,

Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promo ...

, prime minister, lived there 1955–57. *No. 4, The

Duke of Devonshire Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family. This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British aristocratic families since the 16th century and ha ...

lived there in the late 1990s. *No. 6,

W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German un ...

, novelist and playwright, lived there 1911–19. *No. 7, Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland *No. 8,

Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig Francis Archibald Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (3 February 1867 – 18 October 1894), also 1st Baron Kelhead in his own right, was a British nobleman and Liberal politician. Background and education Born at 8 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, London ...

, eldest son of

John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 184431 January 1900), was a British nobleman, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the " Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of ...

, was born there. *No. 11, Sir Robert Adair, diplomat

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